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The Three Miss Margarets

by Louise Shaffer · 2003

Miss Margarets seriesNext:The Ladies of Garrison Gardens(2005) →

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Miss Peggy, Dr. Maggie, and Miss Li'l Bit, friends and confidantes for nearly a lifetime, find it funny and bewildering that they have become icons in Charles Valley, Georgia. Little does the rest of the town know that beneath the irreproachable facades of its three doyennes lies an explosive decades-old secret that is about to be revealed.

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Thirty-odd years ago the three Miss Margarets did something extraordinary, clandestine, and very illegal. Although their lives are haunted by the night that changed their lives, they believe that their crime was simply a matter of righting an egregious wrong. But when a stranger's arrival in town and a tragic death open the floodgate of memory, their loyalty, friendship, and honor are tested in ways they could never have imagined.

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women’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of this
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friendshipfriendshipMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of thisagingagingMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisAmerican SouthAmerican SouthMore like thisLess of thisGeorgiaGeorgiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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